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Announced in early October and unleashed on PC enthusiasts about a month later, AMD's new processors (CPU) based on the Zen 3 architecture are successors to the now-last-gen Ryzen 3000 desktop chips ...

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AMD lifted the curtain on the Ryzen 7 5800X3D in January, making the bold claim that it was the “world’s fastest gaming processor.” It’s a big statement for a chip that, under the hood, is the same as ...

AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X and Ryzen 7 5800X3D are great upgrade options for any gamer with a Ryzen 7 1800X still knocking around. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new window) ...

Having reviewed Ryzen 5000 12-core and 16-core models, today we're testing the Ryzen 7 5800X, AMD's latest 8-core CPU. So far we've been impressed by the Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X, so let's continue to ...

And we're back with another one! Meet the much-awaited, anticipated, and highly debated Ryzen 5 5800X. This is the processor that has been on the watchlist of many with 8 cores and 16 threads if ...